to a boyfriend who started law school orientation today.
1. last night when he said he wanted to go to bed early, I gave him lots of space and made the bed, and like a little boy, stroked his hair until he fell asleep when he said he was nervous about tomorrow.
2. even though he spent ALL NIGHT snoring, hitting me in his sleep (he must have been having really weird dreams), sleeping in the middle of the bed so I got pushed off, and yelling random things "don't turn off the ring tone!" (i don't understand that one) in his sleep, I, instead of pushing him over and waking him up to stop the snoring, pulled a Derek (from Grey's anatomy! mc dreamy!) and took my pillow and an alarm and slept in a different room until 5am when I conveniently snuck back into bed and he never knew that I was gone.
3. I got up at the ungodly hour of 6:20am when he woke up to keep him company while he got ready. I don't usually get up until 7:45.
4. I made him breakfast. I don't cook. i can't cook. when i cook, the kitchen becomes a war zone with things that usually end up charred or undercooked. I made him the best egg-cheese-salsa sandwich of my life, and even he agreed that it was tasty.
5. I'm making him a care package for his first day of actual classes. Included in this package:
- a tea kettle (he really wants one but doesn't own one. He drinks a lot of tea)
- blue books
- a pack of highlighters
- pens
- stapler
- a yearly planner
- bluebooks
- those flag things (like post its for books)
- a nice blue tie
I found this awesome shirt that says, "this is my lucky law school exam shirt" that I'll probably get him closer to test dates. :)
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#2 makes you, possibly, the most awesome girlfriend ever. If my boyfriend had done that, and I'd felt generous enough not to wake him and to go into the other room, I would NEVER LET HIM FORGET IT. :)
Okay, usually I'm a good girlfriend, too, but I'm weird about sleep. ;)
My boyfriend is in law school as well....its his first year. I didn't realize how hard it was going to be for us. We have been together for 3 years and will be getting married when he passes his bar exam. I just wish we could see one another more. I work full time and I am also a full time student trying to get my masters in professional counseling. How do we cope with this absence?
strange bird: THANKS. i wish he would be more appreciative, but he's just got a different personality. sleep is important!
krystal: i didn't realize it either. not until it got closer, and now a month into it we've been over a lot of hurdles. working full time and being in school full time must be really hard, especially adding a serious boyfriend on top of it. for me, i try to understand that during the week, attention and affection and fun will be very limited, if not totally out of the picture. but he's been good at delegating time on the weekend between what he needs to do, what we can do together, and other things that need to get done. communication is the key... i tell him that i understand he is super busy and school is first in his mind, but i need attention too. He'll figure it out. but its sure not easy!
thanks for the comments!
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